Look! Facebook Expands Their California Campus Designed By Frank Gehry

The good folks over at Facebook are back in the news, but today the focus is on their Silicon Valley headquarters. Today we get a look as Facebook reveals their expanded California campus, which was designed by Frank Gehry. The design is described as a “new kind of architecture,” according to the architect. Facebook recently released new images and a short video revealing the new Gehry designed extension of the Menlo Park campus.

The building, called MPK 21, is an extension of the existing Gehry-designed building MPK 20. Mr. Gehry stated: “All the things we learned doing building 20, prepared us for 21,” adding “We were getting lessons in Facebook culture, and we’re making a new kind of architecture within that culture.” The building took 18 months to complete and connects to MPK 20 via a sunken garden called The Bowl. The structure is wrapped in staggered seating levels while set up with tropical planting throughout.

The main difference in the building is the sawtooth roof, designed to allow plenty of natural light in. The central courtyard in the middle creates the “town square” of the workplace; along with restaurants, amenities and redwood trees. Have a look at this beautiful structure in the images below and give us your thoughts in the comments. Stay tuned for much more from Facebook coming very soon.